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14.03.2011 16:11
Fragments of the Past
A beautiful treasure is on display in the exhibition "Fragments of the past" in Bergen Museum; a stylus– or slate pencil- originally used at Nonneseter Monastery in Bergen. What purpose did it serve and how was this writing stick used?
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14.06.2010 08:57
New book: The Rock Art of Norway
For thousands of years people in all parts of the world have engraved images on rock panels and stones. A variety of images are conveyed, including people, animals, objects used by humans, abstract patterns and objects unrecognisable to us.
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10.06.2010 14:11
Excavation of Stone Age Settlement in Fyllingsdalen, Bergen
In one of the suburbs of Bergen, at Varden in Fyllingsdalen, Bergen Museum is presently excavating a Stone Age settlement. Varden primary school has been invited to take part in the research process.
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17.2.2009 14:38
The Viking Age Exhibition
The Viking Age is characterised by a rich material culture, of which grave, treasure, and settlement finds give evidence to.
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05.11.2009 12:20
Doctor’s appointment for the hereafter
Both the Norwegian and international press raised their collective eyebrows when 3000- year-old mummies from Bergen Museum went to hospital to have advanced X-rays taken.
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10.2.2009 10:50 Eternal life – Egyptian Mummies
Eternal life – Egyptian Mummies
The exhibition " Eternal life – Egyptian Mummies" presents mummies and object from Ancient Egypt.
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12.03.2013 12:13
Welcome to Archaeology Day
What was life like in the Stone Age, what did people eat, and what tools did they use? What did the ancient Egyptians think about life after death?
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10.02.2011 13:53
On Unknown Manufacturers, Tradespeople, and Consumers of the Middle Ages
Who were the unknown craftsmen who produced head adornments, shoes, combs, vessels, glass, and other types of equipment in common use in the Middle Ages? Who were the equipment and utensils made for, and who were the tradespeople who transported them between the south and the north of Europe?
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20.10.2011 08:19
Right on Target – Archaeology Activity Day at the University Museum of Bergen
Become an archaeologist for one day. Learn more about life in the Stone Age and the Viking Age. Try being a hunter and forming a phalanx like a real Viking. Next Sunday, the University Museum of Bergen hosts Archaeology Day.
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02.02.2012 14:16
Fragments of the Past
People living in Bergen in the Middle Ages loved entertainment and good literature, and a glass or two. At the same time the church warned of judgment day after death. By setting out on a pilgrimage, one could make up for one’s sins and see the world.
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4.6.2009 11:32
Cultural Monuments tell their stories
Bergen Museum, Bergen Maritime Museum, and Bergen City Museum invite you to a cultural heritage experience on the occasion of the celebration of the Norwegian Year of Cultural Heritage 2009
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16.09.2011 07:10
Focus on the Middle Ages
This autumn, The Middle Ages are truly at the centre of attention in Bergen. Wednesday 28 September starts the first lecture in a series connected to the exhibition Fragments of the past.
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01.02.2011 14:52
Job announcements and application form for archaeological fieldwork 2011
Bergen Museum, Section for Cultural Heritage Management, currently announces jobs in connection with archaeological fieldwork for 2011. Persons interested must complete an application form by 18 February.
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22.12.2011 08:26
An Antler Industry in the Middle Ages?
Over a short period of time at the end of the 1200s, 6-7000 animals were caught and butchered at Lake Finnsbergvann on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. After about 50 years, the hunting came to an abrupt end. What type of hunting was this, what was the final destination of the products, who organised it and how did if affect the reindeer population?
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26.2.2009 16:46 News
Mummies with surprising secrets
Two Egyptian mummies, a woman and a man, from Bergen Museum have now been treated in the CT-scanner at the Haukeland University Hospital. This gave many new results and surprises for researchers. Also a mummified crocodile and a cat were sent to x-ray treatment.
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4.6.2009 11:41
BLING – Decoration and clothing in the Middle Ages
On Wednesday 13 May, the exhibition BLING opened at Bryggens Museum – about jewellery and other things in the Middle Ages. BLING is a result of collaboration among Bergen City Museum, Bergen Museum, and other specialist communities on the Middle Ages, designers, and students in upper secondary schools.
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15.03.2010 13:23
Norwegian University Museums on the Internet
You can now explore and find artefacts and specimens from the collections at Bergen Museum and other university museums via the Internet.
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12.10.2009 11:05
Archaeologists unearth manufacturing site from early Viking Age
Thanks to particularly favourable preservation conditions, archaeologists at Bergen Museum are now able to unearth an extensive archaeological site in Lærdal, Western Norway.
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02.03.2012 09:01
Ora et labora – Pray and Work
Nine hundred years have passed since Munkeliv Monastery was founded as the first of a total of seven in Bergen. The monasteries were internationally oriented. They contributed to the development of the city and gave Bergen a cosmopolitan character that it has retained up to the present time.
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22.11.2012 12:42 ARCHAEOLOGY
Symbols in a cave
Archaeological finds in South Africa shed new light on early human's abilities to adapt to climate change.
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20.06.2011 13:17 ARCHAEOLOGY
Brainier than thou
New research shows that the human brain was surprisingly advanced more than 100,000 years ago.
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13.04.2012 09:45
Egypt Saturday!
Did you know why they mummified people in ancient Egypt? Did you know that ancient Egyptians also mummified cats, crocodiles, bread, and even fish?
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10.07.2012 07:11
Viking Site at Bjørkum
If you are passing through Lærdal and Bjørkum during summer, you’re travelling on truly unique historic grounds. New information boards in English and Norwegian provide information about, among other things, an extensive craft production that took place here during the Viking Age.
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14.07.2011 09:06 ARCHAEOLOGY
Iron Man
Mahmoud Suliman Bashir’s love for the weapons and ornaments of the Iron Age made him one of the stars of the BBC series “Lost Kingdoms of Africa”.
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03.12.2009 09:16 News from På Høyden
EU millions to UiB researchers
Archaeologist Christopher S. Henshilwood and brain researcher Kenneth Hugdahl have been awarded grants totalling NOK 40 million from the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant.
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11.09.2012 06:42
High-class masonry – maintenance of the Ausevik rock art site
The Ausevik rock art site in Sunnfjord, the second largest in Western Norway, is located on phyllite, a type of rock which presents challenges as regards disintegration and dissolution.
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27.02.2012 15:22
Hilde Inntjore: Eternal Life in this Life on Earth?
This is the theme that researcher Hilde Inntjore addresses in her lecture, which is the first one out in this spring’s series related to the Museum’s exhibition Fragments of the Past.
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14.10.2011 15:47 ARCHAEOLOGY
Handy cavemen
Archaeologists from the University of Bergen have made discoveries in South Africa that represent a turning point in human evolution.
